概括
鲁比-测年揭示了佛蒙特州的巴尔型花岩至少有3.8亿年的历史. 这一发现表明,阿卡迪亚的土壤形成是一个快速的事件,可能是由大陆板块碰撞引起的.
科学领域:
- 地质地质地质地质地质地
- 地质时间学 (Geochronology)
- 构造学 构造学 构造学 构造学
背景情况:
- 阿卡迪亚山地形成是北阿巴拉契亚山脉的一个重要地质事件.
- 之前的模型表明,阿卡迪亚人的orogeny持续时间较长.
- 火性物体的定位时间为了解性过程提供了关键数据.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定佛蒙特州东部巴雷型花岩的确切年龄.
- 为了完善阿卡迪亚人起源的时间表.
- 测试有关驱动阿卡迪亚金质形成的构造机制的假设.
主要方法:
- 鲁比- (Rb-Sr) 地质年代学被用来测定花岩样品的日期.
- 进行了地质化学分析以表征巴雷型花岩.
- 佛蒙特州东部的地质绘图为日期的样本提供了背景.
主要成果:
- 鲁比-年代测定给出了巴雷型花岩的位址年龄至少为3.8亿年.
- 数据表明花岩入侵的时间框架相对较短.
- 这些发现与提出渐进的阿卡迪亚人orogeny的模型不一致.
结论:
- 阿卡迪亚人的光源形成可能比以前理解的更快.
- 花岩的定位时间支持两个石板之间的大陆碰撞模型.
- 这项研究为阿巴拉契亚板块构造模型提供了关键的地质时间限制.
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